ENGLISH 12

This course will focus on preparing the student to write and communicate effectively in post high school endeavors. Writing assignments will include essays, literary analyses, and a research paper. Students also will read and analyze, from a Christian worldview, a variety of works from British literature. In addition, students will review strategies for answering the verbal questions on the SAT and ACT.

Assignments will be given a point value. To determine the class average, these points will be totaled and divided by the total number of points possible. Tests, projects, and essays are worth a possible 100 points each. The final research paper will be worth a possible 200 points. Classwork, quizzes, and homework are worth no more than a possible 50 points each.

Each day, opening exercises will be completed in a spiral or composition notebook. This notebook will be collected twice a quarter and will be worth a possible 100 points each time.

Textbooks and Other Resources

Elements of Literature

Beowulf

Dr. Faustus

Frankenstein

The Importance of Being Earnest

King Arthur: Tales from the Round Table

Lord of the Flies

Macbeth or Hamlet

The Man Who Would Be King

Supplies Needed

Three-ring binder with a section for English

Spiral or composition notebook for opening exercises

Blue or black ink pens

Red ink pen

Loose-leaf notebook paper